most pitching strikeouts in a single season since 2000

Since 2000, Randy Johnson has struck out the most hitters in a season, with 372 strikeouts in 2001.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player in a single season since 2000
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1Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
372
2001
ARI ARI
35
21
6
.778
34
2.49
3
2
0
249.2
181
69
74
19
71
18
1
2
994
8
13.41
2.56
5.24
0.68
37.4
7.1
1.01
.315
2.67
55
2.12
48
6.52
63.9
2Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
347
2000
ARI ARI
35
19
7
.731
35
2.64
8
3
0
248.2
202
73
89
23
76
6
0
1
1,001
5
12.56
2.75
4.57
0.83
34.7
7.6
1.12
.326
3.22
56
2.53
53
7.31
61.1
3Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
334
2002
ARI ARI
35
24
5
.828
35
2.32
8
4
0
260.0
197
67
78
26
71
13
0
1
1,035
3
11.56
2.46
4.70
0.90
32.3
6.9
1.03
.289
2.70
54
2.65
61
6.82
47
4Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
326
2019
HOU HOU
33
20
5
.800
33
2.50
0
0
0
212.1
142
59
66
29
48
3
0
0
817
4
13.82
2.03
6.79
1.23
39.9
5.9
0.89
.275
2.80
55
2.63
58
6.02
45
5Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
316
2002
ARI ARI
36
23
7
.767
35
3.23
5
1
0
259.1
218
93
95
29
33
3
0
1
1,017
6
10.97
1.15
9.58
1.01
31.1
3.2
0.97
.297
3.30
75
2.39
55
7.57
54.3
6Chris Sale
C. Sale
308
2017
BOS BOS
32
17
8
.680
32
2.90
1
0
0
214.1
165
69
73
24
43
8
0
0
851
3
12.93
1.81
7.16
1.01
36.2
5.1
0.97
.301
3.07
63
2.45
56
6.93
45.5
7Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
301
2015
LAD LAD
33
16
7
.696
33
2.13
4
3
0
232.2
163
55
62
15
42
5
0
1
890
9
11.64
1.62
7.17
0.58
33.8
4.7
0.88
.281
2.40
57
1.98
52
6.31
47.7
8Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
300
2019
HOU HOU
34
21
6
.778
34
2.58
2
1
0
223.0
137
64
66
36
42
6
0
0
847
4
12.11
1.70
7.14
1.45
35.4
5.0
0.80
.218
2.66
57
3.26
72
5.53
31.5
9Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
300
2018
WSH WSH
33
18
7
.720
33
2.53
2
1
0
220.2
150
62
66
23
51
12
0
4
866
4
12.24
2.08
5.88
0.94
34.6
5.9
0.91
.265
2.69
62
2.65
64
6.12
36.1
10Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
293
2001
ARI ARI
35
22
6
.786
35
2.98
6
1
0
256.2
237
85
86
37
39
1
0
0
1,021
4
10.27
1.37
7.51
1.30
28.7
3.8
1.08
.307
3.02
66
3.10
70
8.31
38
11Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
290
2018
HOU HOU
34
16
9
.640
34
2.52
1
1
0
214.0
156
60
63
28
37
8
0
0
833
5
12.20
1.56
7.84
1.18
34.8
4.4
0.90
.272
2.65
62
2.78
67
6.56
33
12Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
290
2004
ARI ARI
35
16
14
.533
35
2.60
4
2
0
245.2
177
71
88
18
44
10
0
1
964
3
10.62
1.61
6.59
0.66
30.1
4.6
0.90
.264
3.22
57
2.29
51
6.48
59.7
13Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
284
2016
WSH WSH
34
20
7
.741
34
2.96
1
0
0
228.1
165
75
77
31
56
6
0
2
902
2
11.19
2.21
5.07
1.22
31.5
6.2
0.97
.255
3.04
70
3.23
78
6.50
22.7
14Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
284
2000
BOS BOS
29
18
6
.750
29
1.74
7
4
0
217.0
128
42
44
17
32
14
0
0
817
1
11.78
1.33
8.88
0.71
34.8
3.9
0.74
.236
1.82
35
2.16
47
5.31
61.5
15Spencer Strider
S. Strider
281
2023
ATL ATL
32
19
5
.792
32
3.86
0
0
0
186.2
146
80
85
22
58
9
0
1
763
6
13.55
2.80
4.84
1.06
36.8
7.6
1.09
.316
4.10
87
2.85
66
7.04
30.3
16Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
277
2013
TEX TEX
32
13
9
.591
32
2.83
0
0
0
209.2
145
66
68
26
80
8
0
1
841
7
11.89
3.43
3.46
1.12
32.9
9.5
1.07
.264
2.92
67
3.27
80
6.22
18.5
17Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
276
2018
HOU HOU
32
15
5
.750
32
2.88
1
1
0
200.1
143
64
68
19
64
7
0
0
799
9
12.40
2.88
4.31
0.85
34.5
8.0
1.03
.286
3.05
70
2.70
65
6.42
32.7
18Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
276
2015
WSH WSH
33
14
12
.538
33
2.79
4
3
0
228.2
176
71
74
27
34
5
0
2
899
10
10.86
1.34
8.12
1.06
30.7
3.8
0.92
.268
2.91
71
2.76
72
6.93
27.6
19Chris Sale
C. Sale
274
2015
CWS CWS
31
13
11
.542
31
3.41
1
0
0
208.2
185
79
88
23
42
13
0
0
854
7
11.82
1.81
6.52
0.99
32.1
4.9
1.09
.323
3.80
86
2.72
66
7.98
31.8
20David Price
D. Price
271
2014
TOT
34
15
12
.556
34
3.26
3
0
0
248.1
230
90
100
25
38
5
0
1
1,009
2
9.82
1.38
7.13
0.91
26.9
3.8
1.08
.306
3.62
87
2.77
75
8.34
26.2
21Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
269
2018
NYM NYM
32
10
9
.526
32
1.70
1
0
0
217.0
152
41
48
10
46
5
0
3
835
2
11.16
1.91
5.85
0.41
32.2
5.5
0.91
.281
1.99
44
1.98
50
6.30
49
22Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
269
2014
CLE CLE
34
18
9
.667
34
2.44
3
1
0
235.2
207
64
72
14
51
6
0
3
951
3
10.27
1.95
5.27
0.53
28.3
5.4
1.09
.316
2.75
63
2.34
61
7.91
38.5
23Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
269
2009
DET DET
35
19
9
.679
35
3.45
3
1
0
240.0
219
92
99
20
63
6
0
5
982
8
10.09
2.36
4.27
0.75
27.4
6.4
1.18
.319
3.71
76
2.79
63
8.21
43.9
24Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
268
2017
WSH WSH
31
16
6
.727
31
2.51
2
0
0
200.2
126
56
62
22
55
11
0
2
780
4
12.02
2.47
4.87
0.99
34.4
7.1
0.90
.245
2.78
57
2.89
66
5.65
33.2
25Kerry Wood
K. Wood
266
2003
CHC CHC
32
14
11
.560
32
3.20
4
2
0
211.0
152
75
77
24
100
21
0
2
887
10
11.35
4.27
2.66
1.02
30.0
11.3
1.19
.269
3.28
75
3.70
85
6.48
15.8
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